ATLANTA — Police say an Alabama federal judge accused of assaulting his wife at an Atlanta hotel has been charged with battery.

Atlanta Police spokeswoman Kim Jones says 55-year-old U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller was arrested early Sunday after a reported altercation at the Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta.

Jones said the woman, who hasn't been identified by name, was treated for injuries on the scene but refused to be taken to a local hospital.

It's unclear if Fuller has an attorney, and jail records show that he's being held without bond.

Fuller is a judge in the Middle District of Alabama in Montgomery and presided over the bribery trial of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy in 2006.

In that case, the jury found Siegelman and Scrushy guilty on charges that the former governor solicited a $500,000 donation for a statewide lottery campaign from Scrushy in return for a seat on the state board that approves the hospital regulatory board.

The verdicts came after a six-week trial and 11 days of deliberation during which Fuller twice had to instruct jurors to continue deliberating after they said they had reached an impasse. Fuller denied a new trial on appeal, ruling that alleged juror misconduct didn't violate the defendants' right to a fair trial.

In a 57-page opinion, Fuller ruled that some jurors were exposed to outside materials but the exposure was harmless.

In 2013, an appeal from Scrushy was rejected that argued Fuller should have stepped aside from the case after meeting with U.S. marshals who reviewed prosecution claims of jurors improperly communicating by email.